qm-shutdown
Gracefully shutdown a Proxmox VM
TLDR
Shutdown a VM
$ qm shutdown vm_id
Shutdown with timeout$ qm shutdown --timeout 10 vm_id
Keep storage active$ qm shutdown --keepActive true vm_id
Skip lock check$ qm shutdown --skiplock true vm_id
Force stop after shutdown$ qm shutdown --forceStop true vm_id
SYNOPSIS
qm shutdown [OPTIONS] vmid
DESCRIPTION
qm shutdown sends an ACPI shutdown signal to gracefully shut down a QEMU/KVM virtual machine in Proxmox VE. The guest operating system must respond to ACPI events for this to work properly.
PARAMETERS
vmid
The numeric ID of the virtual machine--timeout seconds
Maximum time to wait for the VM to shut down--keepActive boolean
Do not deactivate storage volumes after shutdown--skiplock boolean
Skip lock check (root only)--forceStop boolean
Force stop the VM if it doesn't respond to shutdown
INSTALL
sudo dnf install qm
CAVEATS
The guest OS must have ACPI support enabled and respond to shutdown events. If the guest ignores the ACPI signal, use --forceStop or qm stop instead. Windows guests may require proper ACPI drivers.
HISTORY
qm shutdown is part of the Proxmox VE virtualization platform for managing QEMU/KVM virtual machines.
